Chocolate-It's What's for Dinner

I forgot about this recipe until I found the picture on my camera. I had to go and dig it out. It was so easy and so good. They recommended serving it with Bucatini, but I don't know why you would want to limit yourself when there are so many other great shapes of pasta out there. Butter-Roasted Tomato Sauce (Adapted from Epicurious ) 28 oz can whole peeled tomatoes 8 cloves garlic, minced 2 anchovy fillets, minced 1/4 butter, cut into small pieces 1/2 t red pepper flakes Salt/Pepper Crush tomatoes with hands and place in 13x9 pan. Add garlic, anchioves, butter and pepper flakes. Roast in 425 oven for about 35-40 minutes - turning and tossing halfway through. It should look jammy. Mash with a potato masher or fork. Add pasta to pan and toss. You might want to thin the sauce a little with some pasta water depending how you like your sauce. Serve with Parmesan cheese. This is another quick recipe. The nice thing about it is the sauce quickly cooks while your making the...

Sometimes you want to simmer sauce for all day and other days you don't have the time. You want a good quick sauce and don't want to deal with meat in there. Tomato Sauce Olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 2 T flour 1/2 c red wine 2 28oz can SanMarzano whole Tomatoes* Basil - handful (1 t of dried - if you must) 2t oregano (1t dried - if you must) Parsley salt/pepper Place olive oil, onions, celery, carrots, and salt in dutch oven. Saute until golden. You want to get some good caramelization going there This will take about 15 minutes. Add 2 T flour - don't tell Nonna she'll have a stroke on the spot, but Manmans will recognize this technique. Saute until flour absorbs into the olive oil. Slowly stir in wine until thickened and bubbly. Add tomatoes; breaking up the tomatoes against the side with the spoon. Add basil, oregano, and parsley. Simmer for about 45 minutes. It may look like there is too much liqu...